A Short History brought to you by the Order of the Miserable Carping Retromingent Vigilantes:
https://newcriterion.com/blogs/dispatch/of-changing-fashions-in-abusive-language
Love it— finally, people who are literate examining the use of words... that mean things! Heh. Retromingent— that is one high octane word.
The beauty of using words that dumb a@@es have no idea what you are saying, and it drives them wild having no come backs.
It is a very old and very much appreciated talent, insult— miserable carping insults composed of highly charged largely obscured words. Great stuff!! Mark Twain is smiling down!